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6 albums and a host of singles from FoghatÆs tenure at Bearsville Records in the early 70s.You would be forgiven for assuming that Foghat were from the United States judging by the way that they ruled AmericaÆs airwaves and filled AmericaÆs arenas throughout the 1970s. In fact, they emerged from the same British blues boom of the late 60s that had given us Free, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After. Foghat formed in London in 1971 when Savoy BrownÆs ôLonesomeö Dave Peverett on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass and drummer Roger Earl joined forces with Black Cat BonesÆ Rod Price on guitar.Kicking off with their Dave Edmunds-produced self-titled debut (CD1), æFoghatÆ was snapped up by the fledging Bearsville Record label - home to Todd Rundgren and Sparks, among others - in 1972. Making Willie Dixon's æI Just Want to Make Love to YouÆ their own, the band found favour on the USÆs emerging FM radio playlists, a key promotional tool in those far-off, pre-MTV days.Wasting no time, the band released a second self-titled LP - also known as æRock & RollÆ (CD2) in 1973, with the record going gold in the process. Branching out a little on their third opus æEnergizedÆ (CD3) was released in 1974. Hardly finding time to unpack their road-worn flight cases, 1974Æs æRock And Roll OutlawsÆ (CD4) includes æBlue Spruce WomanÆ and æChateau Lafitte '59 BoogieÆ.Foghat finally attained platinum selling status in 1975 with the million selling æFool For The CityÆ (CD5). Featuring two of their most enduring, chest-beating, boogie-rock anthems in the title track and æSlow RideÆ, Foghat had taken their British boogie to the American masses, and won.Worn out by the relentless touring schedule that helped make the band a huge concert draw from coast to coast, Tony Stevens left to be replaced by producer Nick Jameson on bass guitar.It wasnÆt all about life on the road, as there was a high demand from radio across the globe for new singles from Foghat, which have been collected together as various mono and stereo edits on CD6. As well as becoming staples of classic rock radio and compilations, tracks such as æSlow RideÆ would find a further audience when used in the soundtrack to cult movies, such as Dazed And Confused as well as on the radio station of popular computer game Grand Theft Auto